We all have images in disbelief after the damage caused by January 12 earthquake that destroyed almost everything the capital of one of the poorest countries of the West. The screens showed dead files lining the streets, shops and homes destroyed, and underlines the tragedy of those who, having lost everything, wandered the streets, wringing their hands with volunteers and relief workers. Another emergency, the longest and most difficult for this small country with tragic regularity in the Caribbean hit by hurricanes and floods. In Haiti there was not much, but after the earthquake is not nothing left: damaged the port, airport compromised, destroyed the electrical grid and water power, which have become unfit for the roads, collapsed houses, schools, hospitals, along with thousands of homes. Bad luck has dogged once again against the weak: hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, need everything: food, school, with ...
present for many years in the neighboring Dominican Republic, last year we had left Haiti after having collaborated with some local measures of school support in the capital Port au Prince. We still have before us the images of people we had met: missionaries, youth, children and elderly people who had given us their friendship. We could not remain indifferent and, in the days immediately following the tragedy, we proceeded to launch an appeal to our Italian supporters. Thanks to the generosity of many, has been can buy, for half of our delegation in the Dominican Republic, food that we provided to deliver the Haitian embassy in Santo Domingo.
Then we went to Haiti, taking up the appeal of local education authorities: the school system had to be reactivated as soon as possible, do not risk losing the school year for thousands of pupils. The areas less damaged by the earthquake have made available to schools and classrooms to accommodate students who fled from Port au Prince. The Centre Saint Jean Bosco (St. John Bosco), located in the town of Fons Parisien, a short distance from the capital, welcomed hundreds of students placed in their primary school. But who goes back to school has no books, notebooks, pencils, maybe purchased with great sacrifice, have been lost along with everything inside the house was destroyed.
" We have fortunately experienced a " said Father Wilnor Ilieris, Director of the Centre during the visit of our delegation " and we included in our school many children from the nearby capital, Port au Prince. But the largest number of students we are committed financially "continued father Wilnor. "Many children who have received and no longer have need of everything: books, notebooks, food, health care .
Our sfaff has pledged to initiate a remote support program for students admitted into the Centre Saint Jean Bosco so that school costs will not burden the budget.
" The cataclysm has further aggravated an already extremely difficult " said Rosalba Irizarry, coordinator of Solidaria in Central America. " Many schools have collapsed, and many are unusable. That's why we decided to return to Haiti and make our contribution to supporting education. In this country, the difficulties are many: from poverty to insecurity, fear of violence. The biggest problem is the lack of will and initiative. People for decades have become accustomed to living with emergency food and habits are difficult to change. It is therefore important to focus on children and give them the opportunity to become agents of their own lives. This school, as well as offering the opportunity to study, is also an opportunity for these students to make the tragedy that they lived just a bad memory .
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Clockwise The Sr. Domingo de Pena, a volunteer Solidaria, the Rev. Wilnor Ilieris, director of the Saint Jean Bosco, the Nenne Pierre Sr. and Sr. Wilny Daguerre, employees Solidaria in Haiti.
Malpassi of the border, the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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